Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-06-06
STILL THE TEMPEST.
\ CHARACTERISTIC SERMON By REV DR.
TALMAGE
A Bible Lesson lllustrated-Ths Importance OF Hay-
ing Chris! With Us in the Ship of Life
Following Him is Not Smooth
Sailug-Faiths Test
Special T1cqran To the Register.

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BROOKLYN, n. Y, June 5.-The Rev
7. DE Witt Talmage preached in the Tab
ernacle this morning, sermon entitled
"'rhe Tempest Service began with tn,
exposition Of appropriate passages q
Scripture, after which the congregation
sang the hymn:
Heaven is my fathcrlaud.
Heaven is nv home"
The text was Mark 4:;i6 -, describing
Christ Stilling the temptest. lie said:
Tihcrias, Gallilec, Geucsaret - three
names for the same lake No other gen
over had So beautiful setting. 1t lay il
Il scene OF great luXuriancc; the surround
ing hills high, tcrractd, slopcd, groved, 81
many hanging gardens of beauty, the
waters rumhlng between rocks of gray
and red limestone, flashing from the hill;
and bounding into the SEA. On the shore
were castles, armed towers, Roman baths
everything attractive and beautiful; al
in almost any other space in all the world
from the palm-trco OF the forest TO tn,
trees of rigorous climate.
II seemed as if the Lord had launched
ONE WAVE OF BEAUTY
on all the scene, and il hung aud swun.
from rock aud hill and oIcander. On,
Roman gentleman in pleasure boats sailing
the lake, and country men in fish smack:
coming down to drop their nets pass each
other with nod aud shout and laughter, ol
swinging idly ut their mooringS. O, what
a wonderful, what Il beautiful lake.
1t seems rs if we shall have Il quiet night
Not a Leaf winked in the air; not ripple
disturbed the face of Gennesarct; but thels
seems to he little excitement up the
beach, and we hasten To see what it IL, and
we find it IN cmharIlatiOn.
From the western shores llOtilla push
ng out; not u squadron, or deadly arma
mcnt nor clipper with valuable mrrclmn
disc, nor pirltic vessels ready to destroy
everything they could seize; but Il ilotilla,
hearing messengers OF life, and light, and
peace. Christ is in the front OF the boat.
His disciples are in n smaller boat. Jesus
weary with much speaking 10 large multi
tudcs, IL put into sOalnOlence by the rock
iug of the waves. If there was any motion
at all the ship WAS easily righted; If the
wind poised from starbGard to larhnard
or from laTbOard to starhOard, the boat
would rock, and by the gentlenc- of the
motion putting the Master asleep. AnC
they ycXtcmp0rlzed pillow made out of 4
liSherman's coat. think no sooner is
Christ prOstratc, and His head touched tn,
pillow, than lie is sound asleep. Th,
breezts Of the lake run their fingers through
the locks OF the worn sleeper and the hOat
rises aud falls like u sleeping child on tn,
bosom of sleeping mother.
Calm night, starry night, beautiful night
Run up all the sails, ply all the oars, anC
let the large boat and the small boat Gid,
over gentle GenneSlrct. But the salon
say there is going to he II change of weather
And even the passengers can hear th
..r
rs it comes on with great stride, and nj
the tcrrors of the hurricane and darkness
The large boat trcmhleS like deer ut bay
among the clangOr of the hounds; grca
patches of foam are flung into the air; the
sails of the vessel loosen, and the sharl
winds crack like pistols; the smaller boat
like petrels poise on the cliil of the waves
and then plunge.
Overheard 90 cargo, tackling, and mastS
and the drenChed disciples rush into tn,
back part of the boat, and lay hold o
Christ and say unto Him: Master, cares
Thou not that we pcrish:" That great
parsonage lifts His head from the pillow
of the iiShcrman's coat, walks to the from
of the vessel, and looks out into the storm
All around Him are the smaller boats
driven in the tempest, and through II
comes the cry OF drowning men. by tn,
flash of the lightning see the calm brow
of Christ as the spray dropped from His
beard. lie has one word for the sky and
another for the waves. Looking upward
He cries: "PeaCew Looking downward
lie says: "Bc stilll'
THE WAVES FALL FLAT
on their faces, the foam mclts, the cXtin-
guished stars relight their torches. The
tempest falls dead, and Christ stands with
His foot on the neck OF the storm. And
while the sailors are bailing out the boats,
and while they are trying to untangle the
cordage, the disciples stand in amazcment
now looking into the calm sea, then into
the calm sky, then into the calm Saviour :
cOuntcnlncc, u Il they cry out: what
manner OF man is tins, that even the winds
and the sea obey Him.
The subject in the first place imprcsscs
me with the fact that it is very important
to have Christ with the ship; for all those
boats would have gone to the bottom Oi
Genuesaret if Christ had not been present.
Oh, what lesson for you and for me Ia
learn! We must always have Christ III
the ship. Whatever voyage we undertake,
into whatever enterprise we start, let us
always have Christ in the ship. Many oi
you IN these days of revised commerce are
starting out in new financial enterprises.
| bid YOU good cheer. DO all you can do.
DO it on ~ high plane as possible. You
have no right 10 lee u stokCr in the ship II
YOU can he IN admiral of the navy. You
have no right to he colonel of Tcgl-
ment ii you can command brigade
you have no right t0 he an engineer
ol a boat on river banks or near the coast,
if you can take the ocean steamer from
New York IA Liverpool. All You can do
with utmost tension of body, mind ANA
soul. vnu are bound Ia do; hut oh have
Christ in every enterprise, CHRIST III every
vovagr, Christ in every ship.
There are men here who's lSk Cod to nell
them al the start OF great enterprises, ~
has been with them IL the past; no trouble
can overthrow them; the storms might
come down from the top OF Mount Her
mon. and lash GenncSarct into foam ant
into agony, hut it could not hurt them.
But here is another man who starts ou
in worldly enterprises, and he depends
upon the uncertainties of this life. lie has
Hu ,iuD To HELP HIM.
After awhile the storm comes, and toSSe'
oil the masts of the ship; he puts out III,
life-boat. and the long-bOat; the sherll
and the auctioueer try to help HIM OFT
they can't help him oil; he must 20 down
no Christ i'll the ship. Here are youn!
men lust starting out in life. Your hi'
will he made up of sunshine and shadow.
There may br in il arctic blasts, or tropl
cal tornadoes; | know not what Is before
Won, hut | know il you have Christ witt
Won all shall he we'll.
You may seem to get along without th'
religion of Christ while everything goe'
smoothly, but after while, when sorro"
hovers over the soul, when the waves o
trial dash clear over the hurricane deck
and the decks are crowded with piratIca
i a., haF